Macedonia: On 28 April SGIP says unions make work safer

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СИНДИКАТИТЕ ЈА ПРАВАТ РАБОТАТА БЕЗБЕДНА. ПРЕТСТАВНИЦИТЕ НА ВРАБОТЕНИТЕ ЗА БЕЗБЕДНОСТ И ЗДРАВЈЕ ПРИ РАБОТА СПАСУВААТ ЖИВОТИ. БЕЗБЕДНОСТА ПРИ РАБОТА Е ОБВРСКА НА СИТЕ!
#SAFEWORKEVERYWORKERSRIGHT #UNIONSMAKEWORKSAFER#SAFETYREPRESENTATIVESSAVELIVES
#OHS #SGIP #IWMD2019 BWI Global Youth Network

Unions make the work safe. Representatives of security and health employees are saving lives. Security at work is the obligation of everyone!
#SAFEWORKEVERYWORKERSRIGHT #UNIONSMAKEWORKSAFER#SAFETYREPRESENTATIVESSAVELIVES
#OHS #SGIP #IWMD2019 BWI Global Youth Network

Gabon: Libreville 28 April commemoration for UTBTPBSP

In anticipation, UTBTPBSP Gabon celebrated on 18th April on the IWMD in Libreville under the theme: “Commemorate the dead, fight for the living. with a special thought for KASSA BOUSSOUGOU a 29 year old woman who died following an occupational disease.
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Ghana: TWU activities for 28 April includes successful workplace campaign

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Timber and Woodworkers’ Union (TWU) of Ghana celebrated International Workers’ Memorial Day  on 23 April with a workplace campaign at Samartex, a wood company that employs 150 workers. The campaign convinced the employer to hire a full-time Health and Safety officer.

Europe/Sweden: BWI global youth assembly – pictures

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BWI Global Youth Network

BWI European Youth Assembly (EYA) has just started in Stockholm with the opening speeches of Johan LINDHOLM, President of BYGGNADS, Sweden and BWI European Regional Vice President and Vasyl Andreyev, Interim Chair of BWI International Youth Committee and Jakob Wagner, Youth Secretary of BYGGNADS.

 

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Participants of the BWI European Youth Assembly visited 4 different worksites of Swedish companies JM and PEAB to inspect on OHS conditions in 4 groups. Each group shared their observations to others afterwards and compared the conditions in their respective countries with the conditions in Sweden

Ghana: April 28 government announcement that a work safety bill is to be passed this year

Occupational Safety and Health Bill to be passed this year

Parliament will pass the Occupational Safety and Health (OHS) Bill into law by the end of the year as part of efforts to promote workplace health and safety.

“It is vital we acknowledge that the future of work is now with us and it behoves on us to adopt, adapt and modify the nature of work and our workplaces to stay current and compliant with the OSH standards.”

Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, said this on Friday on the “World Day for Safety and Health at Work” in Accra.

The event, on the theme: “Safety and Health and the Future of Work,” was organised by the Ministry in collaboration with the Volta River Authority (VRA).

Mr Baffour-Awuah called on all stakeholders in the working environment to conform to the requisite work and health safeties, as it was crucial to the attainment of the National Medium-Term Development Objectives.

He said the world of work was changing at a faster rate, with the influx of modern technology, artificial intelligence and the Internet of things among others, which came with hazards and deficiencies.

“We cannot act oblivious about the accidents and injuries these technologies may pose to the labour force,” he said.

Mr Baffour-Awuah said social partners had demonstrated enough commitment to the promotion of OSH standards to guarantee employees’ welfare and wellbeing, adding that stakeholders must not relent on that effort.

He said the significance of safety and health at the workplace was undeniably key to the full attainment of decent work agenda in Ghana.

Mr Baffour-Awuah said although there was overwhelming evidence that certain categories of the Ghanaian workplace were exposed to occupational risks and hazards, significant strides had also been made in the administration of the OSH standards through sensitisation, advocacy, compliance and enforcement.

“It is my fervent expectation that Ghana achieves the SDGs on OSH earlier than the stipulated timeframe; a task I employ all of us to embrace, other than that, our celebration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work will be an exercise in futility,” he said.

He said the move would require investment, research, training, skills development and capacity building because employees wanted to work in an environment where their safety could be assured.

The Minister said employers, on the other hand, were seeking men and women with demonstrated safety consciousness to hire and engage, knowing that reliable assurance of safety was a guarantee of business development.

He noted that the Government was interested in a healthy workforce that could implement its policies and programmes towards growth and sustainable development of the country.

Mr Andrew A. Tagoe, the Deputy General Secretary, General Agriculture Workers Union of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), called on the Government to develop and implement a national OSH legislation and regulation.

He said the Labour Inspectorate Division of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations must be empowered to intensify its inspection at all workplaces to ensure safety.

Source: GNA

https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2019/04/27/occupational-safety-and-health-bill-to-be-passed-this-year/

Wales: Marking International Workers Memorial Day 2019

Safe work is a right, not a privilege. Each year on 28 April trade unionists mark Workers Memorial Day.
It is alarming to note that every year worldwide, more people are killed at work than in wars. Each year, 28 April is designated as Workers’ Memorial Day, providing the opportunity to reflect on the many people who are killed, seriously injured or made ill while doing their jobs.

Wales TUC  President Shavanah Taj honours those who have suffered by calling on people to join a union to fight for a stronger voice at work and improve workplace health and safety.

Most workers don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic accidents. They die because an employer decided their safety wasn’t that important. Workers’ Memorial Day commemorates those workers and so if you’re not in a union, join a union. If you’re a member of a union, become active and become a union heath and safety rep. Unionised workplaces are safer workplaces and today on International Workers’ Memorial Day we remember the dead and fight for the living.

Shavanah Taj, Wales TUC  President

Join a union today

Watch Shavanah’s full message for Workers’ Memorial Day 2019:

Take part in Workers’ Memorial Day 2019

This year Workers’ Memorial Day falls on a Sunday so you may like to organise an event in your workplace on the following Monday, 29 April. Your event could be a minute’s silence, a commemorative rally, a workplace meeting or just a small get-together. You could also arrange a larger commemorative event such as planting a memorial tree in a public place, putting up a plaque, dedicating a sculpture, a piece of art, or a bench, to remember workers who have been killed at the workplace or in the community.

Tell us how you’re marking Workers’ Memorial Day on Twitter (using #IWMD19) or Facebook.

Dangerous substances

The theme for Workers’ Memorial Day 2019 is: “dangerous substances – get them out of the workplace”.

Take a look at the TUC’s guides on AsbestosDiesel exhaust and Occupational cancer

Cymru: Diwrnod Coffa Gweithwyr Rhyngwladol 2019

Wales TUC Workers’ Memorial Day message on YouTube

Global: ITF adds its voice to the international campaign against dangerous substances

The International Transport Workers’ Federation has encouraged everyone to join the international call to take control and remove dangerous substances from work.

 

Global/Sweden: BWI European Youth Assembly meeting demands ‘Life before profit’

The BWI European Youth Assembly meeting held in Stockholm on 13 April demanded business put ‘Life before profit’. Pictures below.

Serbia: UGS shows a play about injured workers to mark 28 April

Sindikat UGS NEZAVISNOST (BWI affiliate) has shown a play to highlight the plight of injured workers in Serbia.

Beograd- Danas je u organizaciji UGS Nezavisnost povodom Međunarodnog Dana bezbednosti i zdravlja na radu organizovana predstava pod simboličnim nazivom “Pad”, posvećena svima koji su stradali na radnom mestu.

Predstava “Pad” radjena po tekstu Branislave Ilić i Kokana Mladenovića koji je i reditelj ove predstave. Likove tumače Jelena Blagojević, Branislav Trifunović i Nina Nešković.

Prošle godine na gradilištima u Srbiji je poginulo četrdeset četvoro radnika. Ta činjenica je bila glavni pokretač predstave “Pad” nastaloj u želji da se ovaj veliki društveni problem osvetli, rečeno je u ovom beogradskom pozorištu.

Reditelj Kokan Mladenović izabrao je da priču predstavi iz ugla devojčice koja ostaje bez oca koji je bio zaposlen na gradilištu čime je želeo da naglasi da nije stradalo samo četrdeset četvoro radnika, već i toliki broj čitavih porodica koje su ovi radnici ostavili za sobom.

“Bila nam je izazovna situacija da probamo da spojimo nešto što jeste jako intimno, nosi mnogo emocija, što je intimna drama devojčice od šesnaest godina koja gubi oca i ono što jeste naša umetnička obaveza prema vremenu u kome živimo, a to je da govorimo o nekim važnim i neugodnim temama na sav glas. Dominantna vizura ove priče je upravo intimna i dosadašna igranja predstave pokazuju da smo uspeli da spojimo nešto vrlo čudno, a to je velika emotivnost i društveni angažman”, kazao je Kokan Mladenović.

Problem stradanja radnika veoma je aktuelan, ako se prisetimo činjenice da su nedavno tri radnika stradala u istoj nedelji. Međutim, ovaj problem je samo polazna tačka u predstavi „Pad“. Ovom predstavom traga se za razlozima ponavljanja takvih nesreća, s posebnim naglaskom na ulozi koju nadležni organi i mediji imaju u tom ponavljanju.

Kokan Mladenović je naglasio da danas živimo u dobu prekarijata, nesigurnih i povremenih poslova. Simbolika neuspeha da se radnicima danas obezbede bolji uslovi i veća prava najbolje se očitava u naslovu komada „Pad“. Taj pad aktuelan je aktuelan u celom svetu. To je i politički i društveni pad i najbolje je vidljiv upravo na gradilištu.Mlada glumica Jelena Blagojević, govoreći o svojoj ulozi, objašnjava da je reč o devojčici koja je ostala bez oca i koja po svaku cenu želi da utvrdi čija je to odgovornost.

“Ona postavlja pitanja, koliko košta ljudski život, da li su ljudi roba, do poslednjeg pitanja koje glasi, dokle? Njena namera jeste da dobije odgovor na ta pitanja, jer je njen otac poginuo, a niko joj to nije objasnio. Ona zna da za to niko nije odgovarao i da je nemoćna i ne zna šta da uradi. Zbog toga je odlučila da napravi predstavu”, kazala je Blagojevićeva.

Nakon predstave održana je debata u kojoj su učestvovali i glumci i naši aktivisti.

ENGLISH

Belgrade-today is in the organization of ugs independence on the occasion of the international day of security and health on the work of the organized show under the name “fall”, dedicated to all who

The show “fall” is written by the text of branislave ilić and kokana mladenovića who is also the director of this show Characters interpret Jelena Blagojević, Branislav Trifunović and nina neskovic.

Last year, workers died in Serbia. This fact was the main initiator of the show “fall” in the desire to make this great social problem light, it was said in this belgrade theatre.

Director Kokan Mladenović chose to present the story from the corner of a girl who remains without a father who was employed at the construction site which he wanted to highlight that he did not only die forty four workers, but also such a number of whole families that these workers left

” it was a challenging situation for us to try to connect something that is very intimate, carries many emotions, which is an intimate drama of a-Year-old girl who loses her father and what is our artistic obligation to the time we live in, and that is Some important and unpleasant topics in all voice. The dominant vizura of this story is just intimate and dosadašna playing shows show that we managed to connect something very strange, and it is a great social and social engagement “, kokan mladenović said.

The problem of the suffering of workers is very aktuelan, if you are aware of the fact that three workers were killed in the same However, this problem is just the starting point in the play “fall”. this show is a sign of the reasons of repeating such accidents, with a special emphasis on the role that authorities and media have in that repetition

Kokan Mladenović stressed that today we live in the age of prekarijata, unsecured and occasional jobs. The symbolism of failure to make the workers more comfortable today and the greater rights are best read in the title of the pieces “fall”. that fall of the aktuelan is aktuelan in It is both political and social fall and is best visible right on the construction site. Young Actress Jelena Blagojević, speaking of her role, explains that the word of a girl who has lost her father and who at any cost wants to determine whose responsibility it is.

“Ona postavlja pitanja, koliko košta ljudski život, da li su ljudi roba, do poslednjeg pitanja koje glasi, dokle? Njena namera jeste da dobije odgovor na ta pitanja, jer je njen otac poginuo, a niko joj to nije objasnio. Ona zna da za to niko nije odgovarao i da je nemoćna i ne zna šta da uradi. Zbog toga je odlučila da napravi predstavu”, kazala je Blagojevićeva.

After the show, a debate was held in which the actors and our activists participated.

 

Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living